Little Witch Academia

I am NOT among the demographic group who would normally watch anime. However, my oldest daughter loves anime and speaks the language...so she often introduces me to various anime that she thinks I'd enjoy. My favorites are the quirky ones, such as "Azumanga Daioh" or "Haikyuu!!" (a volleyball anime)...not those involving mecha or card games. I have nothing against these other types of anime...but I prefer the stranger 'little' ones...and "Little Witch Academia" is certainly different and fits this bill.

The story is very similar to the general plot of Disney's "The Owl House" but not as crazy nor Hieronymous Bosch-like! It's the story of Akko, a very eager but terrible student at all all-girls school for witches. It's a lot like the Harry Potter series...if Harry were MUCH more eager and MUCH more incompetent. It helps that some of the other characters (Sucy especially) are a lot of fun and the stories incredibly unique and fun.

Overall, a cute and enjoyable show which is available now on Netflix. And, if you do watch, you do have the choice of watching it in an English dub or, as I did, with Japanese and English subtitles.